Oldland Abbotonians Football Club is a semi-professional

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club based in

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, South Gloucestershire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Aitchison Playing Fields. The club is affiliated to the

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and

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History

The club was founded as St. Annes (Oldland) in 1910. The current incarnation of the club was formed from a merger between Oldland and Longwell Green Abbotonians in 1998. Oldland had played in the

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on-and-off since 1974. Meanwhile, Longwell Green Abbotonians had been playing in the Somerset Senior League since 1985, winning Division One in 1993–94. In the

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season, the O's finished fourth in the table and qualified for the playoffs, defeating Wincanton Town in the first round and subsequently defeated

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in the final, qualifying for the Premier Division.

Current squad

Records

* Best

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performance: Preliminary round ( 2016–17) * Best

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performance: Second round ( 2021–22)

References

External links

Official club website
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